Hay-scatterer.



P. J. ANDERSON. HAY SGATTERER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1913.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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HAY SUATTERER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1913.

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, PEDEB J. ANDERSON, OF STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN.

HAY-SCATTERER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

Application filed May 14, 1913. Serial No. 767,690.

useful vimprovements in hay scatterers, such as are employed 1n the mewsof barns or the like for receiving a quantity of hay delivered theretoby the usual hay fork and delivering or scattering the load of hay thusreceived into portions of the mow to which the hay may not be delivereddirect from the hay fork.

T he invention has for its objecttthe pro vision of a device of thischaracter in which the hay may be discharged from the carrying platformin such amanner as to cause it to be projected into the remotestportions of the mow.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a device of this type inwhich the receiving platform has hinged end sections adaptedtov beoperated simultaneously with the tilting of the receiving platform so asto effect a better discharge of the hay from the platform.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in a device ofthis character, a receiving platform consisting of a plurality of hingedsections which may be folded in superposed relation if so desired andthe platform swung out of the way so that the hay may be droppeddirectly from the fork into the mow.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the same is hereinaftermore fully described and then claimed, and in describing the inventionin detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart. of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference willbe employed to designate like parts throughout the different views, inwhich Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view of a barn showingin side elevation a hay scatterer in accordance with this invention.Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of a part of the tiltableplatform.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a barn or likebuilding, the hay scatterer being shown partly in side elevation and theplatform in section.

To put my invention into practice, I provide on the supporting beams 5of the barn, a suitable support such as a cross-beam 6, on which ismounted the tilting platform which receives the hay delivered by thefork 7. Detailed construction of the fork, its carrier, and the travelertherefor, and the manner in which the same is moved along the travelerare omitted as the same are deemed wholly unnecessary to a thoroughunderstanding of the present invention.

The platform which is adapted to receive the hay from the fork 7consists of a central section 8 and end sections 9 andlO respectively,which are hinged to the respective longitudinal side edges of thecentral section 8; This platform as a whole, is supported. at the ends,and also intermediate the ends if deemed desirable, by pairs of braces11, the braces of each pair being disposed V- shaped as best seen inFig. 2, and which braces or supports are hinged to the cross beam 6.Pivotally-connectedto the outer end of the cross-beam 6 is an operatinglever 12 which extends downwardly a sufficient distance to bring itwithin ready reach of an operator from the floor of the barn. At itsupper end, this lever is connected by a bolt 14 or in any other suitablemanner with the adjacent end of the central section 8 of the platform.

The platform in receiving position is horizontal, and is adapted to betilted to either side of the supporting beam 6, so as to discharge thehay from the platform into remote portions of the mow. To facilitatethis discharge, I provide the hinged end sections 9 and 10, thesesections being operated so as to move them toward closed position as theplatform is tilted, and thus give an added impetus to the load of haybeing discharged. To effect this operation of the end sections 9 and 10,I attach to the section 9 at one corner thereof as shown, one end of acable or equivalent connection 15, which is passed through guide pulleys16 carried by one of the purlin posts of the barn with its other endattached to the lever 12 at a point near the lower end of the latter.The other end section 10 has similarly connected thereto a cable 17,passed through similar pulleys and having its other end connected to thelever 12 in a manner similar to the cable 15. Obviously, with thisconstruction, if the lever 12 be moved toward the left, the cable 15 onsection 9 will tend to close said section in a manner as illustrated indotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, assuring a discharge of the hayfrom the platform, and giving an impetus to the load so as to projectthe same into the farthest portions of the mow. Likewise, if the leverbe moved toward the right, cable 17 will pull on the section 10 andoperate the same in a similar manner.

It will be observed that if desired, the sec-f tions 9 and 10 may beclosed on to the central section 8, and the platform swung to one sideout of the way, so as to allow the hay to drop direct from the fork intothe center of the mow. As the platform is restored to horizontalposition after each tilting thereof, the sections 9 or 10 as the casemay be will fall by gravity into open position, as will be obvious. Thelever 12 being extended down in roXimit-y to the floor of the barn, isof su 'cient length so that the manipulation of the platform 'iscomparatively easy, and the discharge of the hay therefrom to eitherside of the mow as desired is readily controlled bythe operator.

That I claim is 1. In combination, a support, a platform hinged to saidsupport to tilt to each side thereof, said platform consisting of aplurality of sections hinged together, and means for tilting theplatform.

2. In a device of the character described, a platform mounted to tilt toeither side of itssupport, said platform embodying a central section andtwo end sections hinged thereto, and means for tilting the platform.

3. In a device of the character described, a platform mounted to tilt toeither side of its support and consisting of a central section and twoend sections hinged thereto, means for tilting the platform, and meansoperating one of the end sections of the platform as the latter istilted.

4. In a device of the character described, a platform support, aplatform hinged thereto to tilt to either side of the support andembodying a central section and two end sections hinged to the centralsection,

an operating lever connected with the plat- I form, and cables connectedto the lever and the hinged end sections whereby one or the other ofsaid sections is operated as the Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,Washington, D. G.

